Stand construction for posters



May 22, 1928.

. A. S. BURKE STAND CONSTRUCTION FOR POSTERS Filed Nov. 30, 1927 INVENTEJR. fill/WM 5. 55m

BYQLLLOO 2 A T ORNTi Patented May 22, 1928.

UNITED STATES- ARTHUR s. BURKE, or slow: FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA;

STAND CONSTRUCTION FOR POSTERS.

Application filed November 30, 1927. Serial No. 236,651.

This invention relates to flexible posters and particularly to the stands or easels for supporting the same.

Special objects of the invention are to provide a poster stand of very simple and inexpensive construction, light in weight, easily set up and taken down and which'will be small and compact so that it may be rolled up and shipped with the poster.

These and other desirable objects are attained by constructing the. stand as an extensible support from which the poster is hung and by mountin this support on a base which is attached? to the foot of the poster soas to be steadied thereby.

In the accompanying drawing. forming part of this specification, two practical embodiments of the invention are illustrated.

In the first view, the stand is illustrated in perspective in its normal position of use.

Figure 2 is a side view showing the stand collapsed, ready for shipment.

Figure 3 is an enlarged broken perspective and part sectional detail of the connection of the stand with the upper bar of the poster.

Figure 4 is a part sectional side elevation of a modified form of the device. v

The poster is indicated'at 5 as a flexible sheet secured between edge strips .6, 6 and 7, 7 at the upper and lower ends of the same. The rearward upper edge strip 6 is shown as notched on its lower inside corner edge at 8 to providea substantially triangular pocket for the upper end of the stand and the rearward lower edge strip 7 is shown as having a hole 9 therein for the base of the stand.

The stand is shown as consisting of two oversliding straight flat strips 10, 11, of Wood or the like, the upper one, 11, having a pointed end 12 to enter the trlangular pocket provided in the back of the upper edge bar and the lower member 10 is shown as connected by a hinge 13 with the rearward end of the base strip 14.

The lower end of the supporting member 10 and the rearward edge of the base 14 are shown as meeting on an acute angle 15, this angle determining the forward inclination of the stand when the base and lower edge of the poster rest upon a floor or other suport.

The forward end of the base piece 14 is shown as havin a cylindrical projection 16 entering the ole 9 in the back of the lower poster strip. The fit of these two parts is fairly tight and the base strip preierably has'asquared shoulder '17 enga ing th back of the-poster strip so that said ha will be rigidly braced in its rearwardly extending relation. I

The extensible support may be lengthened and secured in position to hang the poster fully distended by'diiferent means, such as v the bolt and thumb'nut employed in Figures 1 and 2 at 18, 19, or by the elastic band indicated at 20 in Figure 4. Y

In the first construction, Figures 1 and 2, the'two-parts of the stand are guided in oversliding relation by having the thumb screw extend from the upper piece 11 through a slot 21 in they lower piece 10 and by providing guide lugs .22 on the lower end of the upper piece sliding over the edges of the lowerpiece. a i In the second construction, Figure 4, the upperpiec ll, as ,well as the lower piece 10 is longitudinally slotted as shown at 23, and the upper endof the elastic supporting band 20 is attached to a bolt 24, passing freely through the slot in the upper meme ber and fixedv at the back in the lower member 10. A bolt 25 fixed at the lower end of the upper member works in the slot 21 a hook 26. near the lower. end of the upper memben. VVhenfthe band is :unhooked from 26, itwill be seen thattheupper member 7 I of the stand is no longer supported'by the band and so can be slid down over the lower member of the stand.

' In the same fashion, when the thumb nut 19 is loosened in Figure 1, the two members can be slid together, as in Figure 2, so that the overall length is no greater than the full length of the lower or main member of the stand. In this collapsed condition, the base can be folded backward about the hinge as a pivot to bring it up flat against the outer face of the lower member., This stand then forms a small compact bundle which can be rolled or otherwise packed along with the poster.

A locking washer 27 may be placed beneath the head of the wing nut bolt as an aid to retaining the parts in the adjusted relation.

The stand is set up by simply entering the pin 16 on the base into engagement with the foot of the poster, turning the extensible support upward and forwardly until it is L the invention.

supported by abutment with the inclined rear edge of the base and then after entering the upper end of the support in the pocket in the upper poster bar, extending the support to a height wliere it supports the poster fully extended. In the first construction illustrated, the support is adjustably held in this relation by the bolt and clamping nut and in the second instance, the same result is attained by the elastic supporting tape. In both cases, variations in the length of the posters are-taken care oi, au-tomati-- cally, with the elastic band construction, or manually with the clamping screw form of It will be clear that instead of the elastic band, an equivalent elastic connection, such as a coiled spring, may be employed. Itshould be understood also that other modifications on this order may be made, all within the broad scope of the invention as hereinafterclaimed. 1

What is claimed is:

1. An extensible stand for flexible posters, comprising a base, an extensible support adapted for engagement at" its upper endwith the edge strip of a flexible poster and hingedly' connected at its lower end with the'base, said base having a stop limiting the forward hinging movement of the support the-reover and constructed at its for- I ward end for engagement with the lower frame bar of aflexible poster. I

2; A stand for flexible posters, comprising a base for resting on a floor orother support, saidbase having means at its forward end for rigidly connecting the same with the lower end of a poster and having a bevelled rearwardend, a support hinged to the rearward end" of said base and having a bevelled lower end to engage the bevelled rear end its upper end for engagement with the upper end of the. poster and being longitudinally extensible to support the poster at its full height. 7

3. In combination with a flexible poster having-edge strips. provided with pockets, a longitudinally extensible support engageableat its upper end with the pocket in the upper edge strip a. base piece rigidly engageable with the pocket in the lower edge strip a hinge connection bet-Ween the lower end of the extensible support and the rearward end, of the base piece and abutting shoulders on the support and base piece" limiting the hinging movement of the sup port to an inclined position over the base.

piece. 7 r a I v 4:. A flexibleposter having edge strips ap-v plied to the upper andlower ends oi? the:

same, the rearward upper edge strip having a notch in the forward- :E'aceof the: same and the rearward lower edge strip having an opening therein, a base piece having a projection engageable in said opening and. shouldered to abut solidly against the back of said rearward loweredgestrip said base piece having a bevelled rear edge, anextensiblesupport having a bevelled lower end engageable with the bevelled end face of the base, ahinge pivotally connecting the lower end of the support with the rear end of the base piece, the upper end of the extensible support beingengageable with the notched portion of the rearward upper edge strip and means for retaining the extensible support extended to hang the poster its full height; i

In testimonypwhereofI aflix my} signature.

j ARTHUR s. BURKE. 

